SINGAPORE — Voters are urged to watch out for scams and cyber attacks that attempt to trick them into downloading malware, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said in an advisory as campaigning for the presidential election kicked off on Tuesday (Aug 22). Such threats could surface with the use of digital means for election campaigning, such as online...
SINGAPORE — Voters are urged to watch out for scams and cyber attacks that attempt to trick them into downloading malware, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore said in an advisory as campaigning for the presidential election kicked off on Tuesday .
CSA said: "During such attacks, unsuspecting victims may inadvertently provide sensitive information or perform financial transactions at the behest of the threat actor impersonating the election candidate or political party as a gesture of support." By installing these apps, fraudsters could be granted unauthorised access to a device and conduct malicious activities.
CSA added: "This stance should not change even if the purported sender of the e-mail or message is from an election candidate or political party." The advisory was released shorty after presidential candidates Ng Kok Song, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tan Kin Lian were officially confirmed at the nomination centre at the People's Association headquarters in Jalan Besar on Tuesday afternoon.
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